Churn.



E. L. KING.

`GHURN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 190s.

960,955. Patented June 7,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

EZRA. L. KING, 0F BUCHANAN, TENNESSEE.

CHURN.

To all whom fit 'may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA L. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buchanan, in the county of Henry and State of Tennessee,have invented new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a dasher operating mechanism for churns, andthe object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is easily attached to or detached from a churning tub of theordinary construction, and which provides a novel feature of dasherwhereby a reciprocatoi'y and a rotary movement is given to the dasher ateach operation of a handle connected with a dasher' rod, whereby creammay be easily and quickly churned to butter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dasher operatingmechanism for churns having the operating parts and dasher exposed forthe ready cleansing of the dasher and operating mechanism.

Vith .these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novelconstruction of elements and their arrangement in operative combinationhereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved operatingmechanism, in applied position upon a churn, the churn being shown indotted lines. Eig. 2 is a vertical section upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

The contempla-tion of my device provides for a suitable skeleton frame1, of any desired or preferred construction and adapted to lit over themouth of a churn 2, and be retained thereon by wing bolts 3 or any othersuitable securing means. It is desirable to have a frame constructed ofas few parts as will render it staunch and effective ,in supporting theoperating mechanism for the churn dasher, and which will in substancepresent a skeleton frame, whereby the mechanism is readily accessiblefor cleansing, and in the construction illustrated in the drawing, Ihave provided a head t having a central opening 5 and depending arms 6,secured to the head by the dovetails 7, and provided with the uppercross arms 8 and the lower cross arms 9. The mouth of the churn 2, isadapted to be secured within the circle formed by the depending arms 6of the frame, and to abut against the lower cross arms 9 of the frameand to be securely Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1908.

Patented June 7, 1910.

Serial No. 418,991.

held in position by the nuts 3 provided upon the lower extremities ofthe depending arms 6.

Upon one of the depending arms 6, I have mounted a suitable toothedwheel 10 having an operating handle 11, and adapted to mesh with a cogwheel 12 rigidly secured upon a crank shaft 13. The shaft 13 is mountedwithin bearings 14 upon the head 4 of t-he frame, and the offset portionof the shaft is adapted to rotate within the opening 5 of the head ofthe frame. Secured upon the offset portion of the crank shaft 13 is asuitable pitman rod 15, having a bifurcation at its free extremity toprovide the ears 1G, between which the dasher rod 17 is pivoted by abolt or pin 18. The cross arms 8 and 9 of the frame 1, are provided withsuitable openings 19 and 20, through which the dasher rod 17 works andis maintained in a vertical position. A collar 21 is provided near theextremity of the dasher rod 17 and acts as a stop for a dasher 22,rotatably mounted upon t-he extremity of the dasher rod 17, and held inposit-ion thereon by a Cotter pin 23, engaging a suitable perform tionwithin the extremity of the dasher rod 17.

The dasher 22 comprises a body portion 24: provided with a centralopening 25 by which it is secured upon the dasher rod 17, and a. seriesof arms 26, deflecting from the top to the bottom of the body portion ofthe dasher.

With the construction just described it will be noted that the dasher isgiven a reciprocatory movement when the handle 11 of the toothed wheel10 is t-urned, and that the dasher being pivoted to the dasher rod andacting against the pressure of the cream in the churn is caused torevolve in one direction upon the upward movement of the dasher rod andin an opposite direction upon the return movement of the rod, thus presenting an extremely simple, cheap and effective means whereby cream iseectively agitated and butter easily and quickly churned. It will befurther noted that I have provided a dasher frame and operatingmechanism for churns which may be easily attached to and readily removedfrom a churn, and which is so constructed that the operating parts arereadily accessible, and in which the dasher may be readily removed forcleansing.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of t-he device, it willof course be understood that minor details of construetion may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invent-ion what is claimed as new is:

In combination with a churn body, a frame comprising a head, verticalarms depending from the head and upper and lower cross arms connectingsaid vertical arms, said lower cross arms being disposed at a pointabove the lower ends of said vertical arms and bearing on the upper sideof said churn body, the depending lower ends of said vertical armsbearing on the outer side of said churn body, and said upper and lowercross arms having alining central openings, a gear wheel having itsbearings on the outer side of one of the vertical arms,

said gear wheel being provided with a crank arm, a shaft mounted inbearings on the head, having a pinion engaging said gear wheel andprovided at its central portion with a crank, operating in a centralopening in the head, a dasher shaft mounted for reciprocatory movementin the central openings of thecross arms, a pitman connecting' saiddasher shaft to the crank, a dasher at the lower end of said dashershaft, and a set screw in the lower end portions of the said verticalarms and engaging t-he said churn body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EZRA L. KING.

l/Vitnesses:

LUCIAN RENY, W. E. FISHER.

